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The ‘Unifying Nature’ Of Clouds: Take A Tour Of The Sky With The Cloud Appreciation Society

Cloud Appreciation Society founder Gavin Pretor-Pinney takes us on a tour of the sky.
A formation of Altocumulus lenticularis, bathed in the glow of sunset, mimics the contours and strata of the Grand Canyon below. Spotted over Arizona, US by John Bigelow Taylor and published in A Cloud A Day from the Cloud Appreciation Society. (John Bigelow Taylor)

Members of the Cloud Appreciation Society proudly walk around with their heads in the clouds.

Founded in 2005, the group — which is comprised of more than 48,000 cloud marvellers and spans 120 countries — are everyday people on the lookout for “weird clouds,” founder Gavin Pretor-Pinney says.

They’ve even helped the World Meteorological Organization to acknowledge

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